| dc.description.abstract | Intimate Partner violence is any behavior within an intimate relationship that causes physical, psychological or sexual harm to those in a relationship. This could be in form physical acts such as slaps, hitting, kicking and beating, sexual violence such as forced sexual intercourse, emotional abuse like insulting belittling, threats of harm or taking away the children as well as controlling behavior. The main objective the research study was to examine the factors that have led to Intimate Partner Violence in Uganda. The study was further guided by the specific objectives; To assess the frequency of IPV per individual and analyse the factors that affect IPV.
The study was made descriptive and analytical research to describe observations, examine the findings so as to come up with conclusions and necessary recommendations. During the study, the researcher used secondary data from UDHS 2016 that was collected by UBOS.
The study yielded into the findings whereby it was revealed that there is a high rate of IPV among women at 56.1%, contributing factors being the women’s level of education, level of income, residence, religion and alcohol consumption of the male partner. Furthermore, reveals that there is a high likelihood of experiencing IPV among the primary literates, women in the age group of 25 – 34 and 35+, Moslem women and women whose husbands drink alcohol. The likelihood of women experiencing IPV decreases among married women, women with their level of income as middle and rich as well as women who reside in the urban areas. Primary literates are less likely to experience IPV in comparison to the none educated, it is less likely for the rich to experience IPV as compared to the poorest, and urban residents are less likely to experience IPV in comparison to the rural residents.
The recommendations that were made and these included;
Challenging and speaking out about and against violence in homes
I encourage the engage respected community elders in the fight against violence
Mobilization of the youth to fight harmful practices such as child marriage
Engagement of boys and young men to become agents of change | en_US |
